Time for new projects in garden, landscape

3:22 PM,
Jan. 2, 2014

Written by

Allen Owings
LSU AgCenter horticulturist

It is time for new projects, new resolutions and making plans for another gardening season in Louisiana. We may not realize how fully blessed we are in this great state to be able to grow some of the landscape plants that are available to us.

For this new year, make plans to spend more time gardening, landscaping and planting. It also fits in well with those weight loss and exercise plans.

A resolution we need to consider for 2014 is to do soil testing. Most of us have no idea what our soil pH is in our landscape beds and home lawns. Soil pH, simply put, is a measure of soil acidity. A soil pH of 7 is ...